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EU Considers Forced Tech Transfers for New Chinese Investments The European Union is considering forcing Chinese firms to hand over technology to European companies if they want to operate locally, in an aggressive new push to make the bloc’s industry more compet...

❗️SCOOP: EU considering strict conditions such as tech transfers, joint ventures for Chinese investments in Europe in some key sectors, we’re told, as Europe increases pressure on Beijing to rebalance economic relations
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Six Ways the COP30 Climate Summit Can Succeed or Fail When Brazil was named host of the COP30 climate summit two years ago, it was seen as the perfect celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, where nations pledged to keep climate chang...

Nearly 200 countries are set to gather at the gates of the Amazon rainforest next month for #COP30

Here's how it could succeed or fail

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EIB Weighs Ending 40-Year Nuclear Hiatus With Reactor Investment The European Investment Bank is exploring investing in nuclear power on the continent for the first time in four decades as political opposition to the technology fades, according to people familiar w...

NEW: The EIB is exploring investing in #nuclear power on the continent for the first time in four decades as political opposition to the technology fades

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Brazil Lobbies EU, China to Join COP30 Carbon Market Coalition Brazil is trying to build a coalition of countries, including the European Union and China, to unify carbon markets globally as it prepares to host this year’s COP30 climate summit.

NEW: Brazil is trying to build a coalition of countries, including the EU and China, to unify carbon markets globally as it prepares to host this year’s COP30 climate summit

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EU Proposes Another One-Year Delay to Landmark Deforestation Law The European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch, will seek to again delay the implementation of its landmark law to tackle deforestation, according to Jessika Roswall, the bloc’s environment comm...

The commission is yet again set to propose a one-year delay of the EU's deforestation law, blaming an IT overload as companies submit their paperwork.

It could open the door to further "simplifications" of the regulation, with EPP pushing for a zero-risk category.

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Exxon Halts €100 Million Recycling Investments Due to EU Rules Exxon Mobil Corp. is shelving investments in chemical recycling in Europe due to what the energy giant says are overly restrictive rules on plastics.

Exxon is shelving €100 million investments in chemical recycling in Europe due to what the energy giant says are overly restrictive rules on plastics

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US Weighs COP30 Climate Summit Attendance for ‘Honest Dialogue’ “I would not be at all against going, if I had an audience and a platform to engage with the world,” said Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

The US is still considering whether to attend the upcoming #COP30 climate summit in Brazil in order to have an “honest dialogue” on the feasibility of the world’s green transition, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Bloomberg.

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The Myth of Peak Fossil-Fuel Demand Is Crumbling The use of oil and gas will continue to climb for decades, according to a draft of the International Energy Agency’s annual report.

The IEA's draft annual shows dreams of a peak in fossil fuel demand this decade is a mirage.

"The world isn’t performing an “energy transition” but an “energy addition,” where renewables top up oil, gas and coal."

Must read from @javierblas.bsky.social

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EU’s Green Finance Label for Nuclear, Gas Is Allowed, Court Says The European Union was entitled to include gas and nuclear energy in its green rulebook allowing the technologies to tap subsidies and cheaper finance, the bloc’s second highest tribunal ruled in a ch...

The EU was entitled to include gas and nuclear energy in its green rulebook allowing the technologies to tap subsidies and cheaper finance, the bloc’s second highest tribunal ruled in a challenge brought by Austria.

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Scientists Warn Against Plans to Artificially Cool Polar Regions Proposals to artificially cool the world’s polar regions — to stem the impact of global warming — are both expensive, unfeasible and potentially dangerous, according to new scientific research.

Proposals to artificially cool the world’s polar regions to stem the impact of global warming are expensive, unfeasible and potentially dangerous, scientists say

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EU Struggles to Find Takers for Hydrogen Money, Curbing Rollout The European Union is struggling to find takers for subsidies to jumpstart a green hydrogen market following a number of dropouts by potential recipients, potentially stalling the rollout of the clean...

The EU is struggling to find takers for subsidies to jumpstart a green hydrogen market following a number of dropouts by potential recipients, potentially stalling the rollout of the clean energy source.

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Brazil Refuses to Move Climate Summit as Lodging Crisis Looms This year’s United Nations climate summit, scheduled for November in Brazil, has been designed to make history by bringing world leaders, diplomats and some 50,000 other participants into the heart of...

This year’s UN climate summit in Brazil planned to bring world leaders, diplomats and other participants into the heart of the Amazon rain forest. Now the event risks being defined by a looming logistical fiasco.

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"And the climate in Brussels resembles what parts of Croatia were like 25 years ago"

And yet, in Brussels, there's still nowhere to swim outdoors to cool off.

Europe Finally Embraces Air Conditioning as Heat Waves Hit Hard As Europe sweats through another summer of record-high temperatures, much of the continent is undergoing a rapid and often tense transformation.

Once seen as an American excess or Mediterranean necessity, air conditioning is becoming a fixture of life in Europe

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Polish Energy Minister Sees Future for Coal in Climate Wind Down Poland’s new energy minister said he supports a moderate path to meet the country’s climate ambitions, allowing some coal-fired power plant to still be used in 2040.

Poland’s new energy minister said he supports a moderate path to meet the country’s climate ambitions, allowing some coal-fired power plant to still be used in 2040 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The EU’s Monster Energy Deal With Trump Looks Hard to Achieve The European Union’s promise to buy $750 billion of American energy imports over three years was pivotal to securing a trade deal with President Donald Trump, but it’s a pledge it will struggle to kee...

The EU’s promise to buy $750 billion of American energy imports over three years was pivotal to securing a trade deal with President Donald Trump, but it’s a pledge it will struggle to keep.

It looks like #nuclear will hold the key. Read our take:

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EU and China Will Pledge Climate Leadership Role as US Retreats The European Union and China will commit to leading the world in the fight against climate change in a symbolic show of unity as the US steps back under President Donald Trump.

The EU and China will commit to leading the world in the fight against climate change in a symbolic show of unity as the US steps back under Donald Trump, according to a draft seen by Bloomberg

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Vanuatu Wins Landmark Legal Battle Over Climate Change Impact One of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the fallout from climate change has won a landmark legal battle, giving countries new ammunition to pursue some of the planet’s biggest emitters.

One of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the fallout from climate change has won a landmark legal battle, giving countries new ammunition to pursue some of the planet’s biggest emitters

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EU Climate Chief Expects Pension Funds to Help Revamp Grids The European Union’s climate chief expects to attract the financial firepower of some of the bloc’s biggest pension funds to help modernize power grids that are key to the green transition.

The EU's climate chief @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu told us he expects some of the bloc’s biggest pension funds to help modernize the region's ageing power grids on the quest to net-zero

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EU to Outline What Tech Can Be Used for Permanent CO2 Removal The European Union is set to define what technologies can be used to permanently remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as it pursues its goal of being climate neutral by 2050.

The EU is set to define how BECCS, DACCS and biochar can be used as permanent carbon removal solutions as it looks to boost the nascent technologies in order to meet its ambitious climate goals

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EU Climate Skeptics to Oversee Divisive 2040 Goal in Parliament The European Union is set to face an even tougher challenge in passing its ambitious goal to cut emissions 90% by 2040 after a group skeptical of climate change was nominated as the lead negotiator fo...

The EU is set to face an even tougher challenge in passing its ambitious goal to cut emissions 90% by 2040 after a group skeptical of climate change was nominated as the lead negotiator for the bloc’s assembly www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Europe’s Climate Resolve Faces Big Test as EU Unveils 2040 Goal The heat wave searing Europe is making a compelling case for one of the most ambitious climate targets ever set by Brussels. Many in the European Union, however, have yet to be convinced.

The heat wave searing Europe is making a compelling case for one of the most ambitious climate targets ever set by Brussels, but many in the EU have yet to be convinced

Our preview ahead of today's big announcement:

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Wars, Trump and Climate Malaise: Brazil Braces for a Tough COP30 As climate delegates walked into Bonn’s World Conference Center on the first Monday after the US attack on Iran’s nuclear sites, they were serenaded on loudspeaker by Doris Day’s “Que Sera Sera.” What...

Wars, Trump and Climate Malaise: Brazil Braces for a Tough COP30

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Turkey Steps Up Race Against Australia to Host COP31 Talks Turkey is ramping up a campaign to host next year’s annual United Nations climate talks, rivaling a competing proposal from Australia for the event that attracts tens of thousands of delegates.

The race to host the COP31 climate summit in 2026 is hotting up with Turkey doubling down on its efforts to overcome Australia's bid

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EU Nations Seek New Carbon Market Changes to Prevent High Prices A group of European Union countries want changes to the region’s new carbon market in order to prevent a surge in prices that could trigger a backlash against ambitious climate measures.

A group of EU countries want changes to the region’s new carbon market in order to prevent a surge in prices that could trigger a backlash against ambitious climate measures www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A Spree change: from Berlin to Oslo, Europe’s urban swimmers take the plunge Parts of the Seine are opening to bathers and Berliners are pushing authorities to permit river dips, while other hotspots continue to delight city dwellers

Oslo, Copenhagen, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris... cities are becoming increasingly swimmable.

And yet in #Brussels, things go backwards....

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EU Proposal to Ban Russian Gas Set for Heated Negotiations The European Union’s proposed ban on all Russian gas by the end of 2027 sets the stage for heated debate, with some member states nervous it will boost energy prices and cost companies millions of eur...

The EU’s proposed ban on all Russian gas by the end of 2027 sets the stage for heated debate, with some member states nervous it will boost energy prices and cost companies millions of euros in legal fees

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Europe’s Nuclear Ambitions Face €241 Billion Funding Challenge The European Union’s ambition to scale up nuclear energy as part of its 2050 climate neutrality goal will cost €241 billion ($280 billion), posing funding challenges, according to a draft document.

NEW: The EU's ambition to scale up nuclear energy as part of its 2050 climate neutrality goal will cost €241 billion, according to a draft document seen by Bloomberg News.

Even a five-year delay could see those costs spiral even higher.

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This $150,000 Leak Detector Will Judge How Good Hydrogen Is for Climate Hydrogen’s potential as a game-changing climate solution is already in doubt over its high costs and lack of industrial demand. Yet one of the biggest concerns about the gas is still not fully underst...

Hydrogen’s potential as a game-changing climate solution is already in doubt over costs and demand.

Yet one of the biggest concerns about the gas is still not fully understood: How much is it contributing to global warming?

Scientists are now trying to find out:

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